EDITORIAL: Get going, Congress
To
They agreed Wednesday to combine funding for hurricane relief with a three-month government spending plan and debt-ceiling increase.
The president wanted "a bipartisan moment in response to these hurricanes," House Speaker
There was never any doubt that hurricane relief would draw bipartisan support. A nearly
While Trump supporters might grind their teeth to see the president suddenly chummy with
--Stabilize health care markets. Obamacare is not collapsing, but uncertainty about its future has added to its inherent weaknesses. Yet millions of Americans depend on government subsidies to decrease their own costs, and insurers need cost-sharing payments to offset losses. Because there is no viable repeal-and-replace plan,
--DACA. Trump rescinded the popular Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program but gave
DACA has offered legal status to 800,000 people who were brought to this country as children. Polling shows that most Americans are in favor of letting these young people remain in the nation where they grew up and have made their home. There may be efforts to tie a DACA bill to wall funding or proposals to restrict legal immigration.
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If Trump can make a deal with Schumer and Pelosi, just about anything is possible.
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